K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven

K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven
Full name Koninklijke Racing Club Gent-Zeehaven
Founded 1899
Ground PGB-stadion
Ground Capacity 2500
Chairman Belgium Luc Pennoit
Manager Belgium Bart Mauroo
League Belgian Third Division
2014–15 Belgian Third Division A ,10th

Koninklijke Racing Club Gent-Zeehaven is a Belgian association football club from the city of Ghent, East Flanders. It is currently playing in the Promotion A, i.e. the fourth level in the Belgian football league system. The club underwent 5 merges and changed its name many times. It achieved its best ranking in 1925 and 1929 with a 5th place in the first division.

History

The club was founded in the late nineteenth century with the fusion between Athletic Club Gantois (Gantois means "from Ghent" in French), F.C. Gantois and Sport Pédestre Gantois. The new club named Racing Club de Gand registered to the Belgian Football Association in the late 1890s and received the matricule n°11. It took part to the 1898–99 and 1899–1900 seasons in the first division B. Back in 1908 at the top level, the club finished last (12th) and played two seasons in the second division. It lost the final of the first Belgian Cup in history in 1912. From 1911 to 1935 R.C. de Gand played in the first division (except in 1922–23 and 1930–31 when it was in the second division) and so did its rivals K.A.A. Gent between 1913 and 1929. The club had meanwhile changed its name to R.R.C. de Gand in 1925.

In 1952 the club played in the first division again but this time for its last season at this stage, as of 2005. Three years later it was relegated to the third division from which it would never be promoted. In 1987 R.R.C. Gent (as it was named since 1969, i.e. the name of the city was put to Dutch) merged with F.C. Heirnis Gent to become R.R.C. Heirnis Gent. It then changed back briefly to R.R.C. Gent in 1999 and merged with K.V.V. Standaard Meulestede in 2000 to become R.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven. Finally in 2002 the club merged with K.F.C. Oostakker and changed its name to K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven.

Current squad

Updated 29 December 2015[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Belgium GK Jordy Maes
2 Belgium DF Karel Van Lierde
3 Belgium DF Gauthier Van De Geuchte
4 Belgium DF Ilias Van Wassenhove
5 Belgium DF Viktor Goditiabois
6 Belgium DF Mathieu Welvaert
7 Belgium FW Michiel De Bruycker
8 Belgium DF Sam Blancke
9 Nigeria FW Glory Ajayi
10 Belgium MF Jorrit D'Haeseleer
11 Belgium FW Alandson da Silva
No. Position Player
12 Belgium GK Thomas Van Hende
13 Belgium FW Niels Elewaut
14 Greece MF Konstantinos Kotsaridis
15 Belgium DF Daan Van Cauwenberge
16 Belgium MF Giles Deceuninck
17 Belgium MF Guus Vandekerckhove
19 Belgium DF Mackim Joos
19 Belgium MF Simon Berghmans
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Armand Doka
21 Belgium GK Kevin Eeckhoudt

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Staff

Head Coach

Assistant Coach

Goalkeeper Coach

Sporting director

Scout

Medicine Staff

Honours

References


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